The Jim Reith Show Unleashed

HUGE PROGRAM!!!!!

We start off with the official sports analyst of The Jim Reith Show UNLEASHED!!!

Brent Axe talks SU football and what the team looks like with new quarterback Rickie Collins. 

https://www.facebook.com/BrentAxeMedia/

Syracuse University television, radio and film professor, Bob Thomson joins us to talk about the present and future of late night broadcast TV.

https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/people/robert-thompson

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We talk to A.D. Weaver who plays George Washington in the National Tour of Hamilton which is playing right now at the Landmark Theater in Downtown Syracuse.

https://landmarktheatre.org/event/hamilton/

Lisa Romano Ward and her partner Michael Sottovoce talk about their new boutique, Stiletto Love Boutique in Syracuse.

https://www.instagram.com/stiletto_love_boutique/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/lisastar2...

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The Firefighters Cancer Foundation of CNY is holding a HUGE benefit at the Dinosaur BBQ on Sunday September 7 headlined by Producer Bill's band Scars N' Stripes. Brian Kalick explains the foundation and the benefit. 

https://www.facebook.com/FFCFNY

Danielle Cummings of the Catholic Diocese of Syracuse joins Jim.

https://syracusediocese.org/

and Anthony Tringale of Eat Local CNY joins us for a NY Stat...

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We talk to Lawyer Todd Engel about the mother in Utica getting charged with reckless endangerment of a child because her 11 year old son has committed multiple felonies and cannot be charged.

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/08/utica-mom-first-to-be-charged-for-young-sons-crimes-in-the-city-police-say.html

Todd Engel Law - https://www.facebook.com/EngelLaw

and we talk to the Mayor of Liverpool, Stacey Finney, ...

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It's time to change the name of our beloved minor league baseball team. GM of the Syracuse Mets, Jason Smorol, explains the process over the next year and a half of changing the name.

https://www.milb.com/syracuse/fans/contests#/campaigns/140bca7e-08d9-4e88-a2fa-8b396fff4715/2027-re-name-the-team-community-challenge

Chief of Family Engagement of the Syracuse School District, Monique Wright Williams talks to us abo...

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Jim & Bill talk to Mayor Derek Biachi about the huge field days next weekend (Aug 7, 8, 9) that features 1up Wrestling and Producer Bill's own Scars N' Stripes,

and we talk to Mary Nelson, director of the Mary Nelson Youth Center. Jim discusses her issues with the Syracuse City School District.

https://marynelsonyouthcenter.com/

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News changes fast these days and upon hearing the about the death of Pro Wrestling Superstar Hulk Hogan, Producer Bill starts the show remembering the sports entertainment giant.

"Also on this episode we go "Back in the Day" with United Way's Ray Manassa who roamed the sacred halls of Clear Channel radio along with Jim and Bill. He talks about United Way's Day of Caring and explains the beautiful mural that will be done in Downtown...

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Jim talks to Syracuse Mayoral Candidate and Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens on her victory in the city Democratic primary.

https://www.owensforsyracuse.com/

and we talk to THE AXE MAN!!!!! Brent Axe joins us to talk all things SU sports!!

https://www.facebook.com/BrentAxeMedia/

To ask Jim a question or to join our conversation email us at JimReithUnleashed@gmail.com

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81 Project Director and worldwide musician, Joe Driscoll, joins us to talk about 81 and the funding the city will be losing from President Trump's cuts.

https://www.joedriscollmusic.com/about

https://www.facebook.com/joedriscollpolitics/

 CNY based musician, Mark Macri, is the local spotlight this week! Mark takes us on a journey throughout his career and tells the story of a found family mem...

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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon updates Jim on MICRON.

http://ongov.net/executive/

This week's local music highlight is Jess Novak!!! She talks to Jim and Bill about the music life and being a new parent.

https://www.jessrocknovak.com/

and Jim and Bill talk to their former boss - Jim "The Manchild" Lerch - The host of The Manchild show. Jim Lerch is retiring from terrestrial radio and...

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CNY Radio legend Rick Gary joins us for 1 of 2 back in the day segments. Jim and Rick recall the early days of "Rick & Ron and how Rick's career started!

https://sunnysyracuse.com/djs/rick-gary

Also Jim's childhood friend and a media guy himself, Mark Turcotte, joins us and we find out some things from Jim's childhood you don't know!!!!

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The USMC Angry Vet, Matt Gordon, is on the program today. Matt, a Marine Corp vet, has almost a half of a million subscribers on his TikTok alone where he explains his disappointment in the current administration. Matt was also detained for 10 hours after protesting on the Capitol steps on June 14th. He tells his story.

https://linktr.ee/usmcangryveteran

Also Jim and Bill discuss baseball, documentaries on Netflix and what is comin...

Another great slate of guests on UNLEASHED!!!

We start off "back in the day" with CNY Central's Brandon Roth. Brandon tells us his story on how he landed in CNY from being a Californian. He also talks about his family and what famous venue his father ran. That Roth name .. it sounds rock n roll...  He also talks about his cousin, the one and only, David Lee Roth.

https://cnycentral.com/station/people/brandon-roth

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On this episode we talk TV!!! With SU professor Bob Thompson!!! Back in the day on the terrestrial radio show we had "Thompson on TV" and we are resurrecting it for the podcast. Bob talks about how we consume TV, his students view on TV and and what's to come.

https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/people/robert-thompson

To ask Jim a question or to join our conversation email us at JimReithUnleashed@gmail.com

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Today... we talk music!!

We star off with CNY radio legend, Dave Frisina. He and Jim go "back in the day" and discuss Dave's new home in CNY!!!

https://www.facebook.com/soulshineradio/

and we talk music with none other then Syracuse sports writer, Brent Axe!! Brent gives us the lowdown on Syracuse lacrosse and breaking SU basketball news. Then gives us his review of the Dave Matthews Band concert at the Amphitheater!

https://www.f...

On this episode we go "back in the day" with CNY radio legend Glenn "Gomez" Adams. Jim and Gomez go way back as colleagues and have some great stories to tell.

https://tk99.net/djs/gomez-adams/

Also we talk to Onondaga County Democratic Voting Commissioner, Dustin Czarny, to talk about the change in voting years in Onondaga County.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/05/appellate-court-says-nys-even-year-election-law-is-constitutio...